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Month: February 2017

IT has been a month! I have done a lot of writing and researching this month due to the number book reviews, interviews and face book discussions. I have also learned a lot through this process. It involves an incredible amount of time, tools and networking to complete this process. In addition, my hat is … More Let’s Salute the Week

HI Everyone, Cynthia asked me to repost her interview, I hope you enjoy it? Michelle 1. How old you when you wrote your first story? In elementary school, I wrote and illustrated many stories about friendly aliens. They wore bows on their heads and lived in hourglass-shaped houses on the Planet Eek. I had … More Cynthia Kuhn

How old you when you wrote your first story? Ten What genre was that ? Mystery—I was already reading Trixie Belden, and my story was similar to one of those. Do you think that or do you have another series in mind? Where would it be locate? I have a new first-in- series I’m doing … More Mystery Thriller Week: Interview with Ritter Ames

Background My favorite type of mystery is the kind where I have to read the whole book in order to figure out the ending. My second favorite type of mystery are the kind where I learn something new and interesting. I am a serious Louis L’amour fan (he is a cowboy/western book author and hardboiled … More Cozy Mysteries: FaceBook Live

How old were you when you wrote your first story? I’ve been writing stories in my head as long as I can remember. I’d walk to school and think up a story, and then finish it on the way home. Some stories I would keep going for a week or more. I actually thought everyone … More Mystery Thriller Interview: Judy Penz Sheluk

How old were you when you wrote your first story? Other than some creative writing as a child, I didn’t sit down to write seriously until about five years ago. I think I needed a trigger, and it came in the form of a beautiful old house. But it was more than a house; … More Mystery Thriller Week Interview: Rose Fedele

This Sunday I am up at a mountain cabin and I am really enjoying the time. Time up here moves slowly, so I get a good night sleep. I rest and my husband, dog really enjoy the time up here. The goal is eventually to live here part time and live in our RV part … More Let’s Salute the Week

Dawn Barclay is writing as D.M. Barr How old you when you wrote your first story? I wrote poetry when I was 10 and wrote parodies starting when I was around 11. But I’m not one of those writers who has a desk drawer full of unpublished stories. I haven’t written a lot of … More Mystery Thriller Week Interview: Dawn Barclay

How old you when you wrote your first story? When I was six years old, I won a prize for “writing interesting stories.” I still have the little certificate but I don’t have any of those stories! In high school, I was about 14-15, I wrote a story that made it into the school literary … More Mystery Thriller Interview: Christine Hoag

How old you when you wrote your first story? I was twelve What genre was that ? Crime Fiction Do you think that or do you have another series in mind? Where would it be located? No, no plans for another series now, and I have no idea where it would be set Do you … More Mystery Thriller Week: S.W. Frontz